Dexter's Merchant Master Turns Town Private Enterprise
W. Z. Pilkington of Des Moines takes control of Dexter business affairs for seven months to prove city methods boost prosperity. He directs all shops from bank to lumber yard and governs with merchants on council while improving streets and ordinances. The venture, publicized by heavy advertising, draws Midland West attention.
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Mon
Dexter
W. Z. Pilkington
Des Moines
Merchants’ Trade Journal
Pilkington
Guy Pogus
Avery
Sioux City Flood Causes Record Damage and Destruction
A cloudburst north of Sioux City sent Perry Creek rising covering 500 houses and displacing over 2 000 residents. The flood, blamed on a sudden river surge, swamped the wholesale district by the Missouri River, risking days before business resumes. A 21 year old, Leo Betheeth, was swept from a bank by the torrent and drowned.
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Cannes Creek
Rivne
Sioux ‘City
Missouri River
Swater
Leo Betheehtt
Perry Cr
Win Wife's Life at Whist Death by Own Action
Haab and Walke attempted to keep a wife awake to prevent her from succumbing to a dose of landanum, taken with suicidal intent. Attorney J G Gallagher of Des Moines played a two hour whist game with her as physicians removed the poison from her stomach. The method aimed to keep her from sleeping, a game against death that she narrowly survived.
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Haab and
Walke
Womon
J. G. Gallagher
Nof Des Moines
Death
Iowans May Cuss Over Phone In Neighborhood Nuisance Case
Iowa Supreme Court ruled against Marcy Mutual Telephone Company in a dispute over reinstalling a subscriber's line. Dave Huffman admitted overhearing obscene language and gossip on the line, leading to a court fight after the company would not reinsert the telephone. The lower court had ordered reinstatement, a decision the state high court upheld on appeal.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Marcy Mutual ‘Telephone Company
Dave Huffman
Central
Huffman
State Supreme Court
Scent Death Plot Targets Missing Boy Found Near Monette
The body of an unknown 12 year old boy was found in a field near Monette with bruises on the neck and face and signs of strangulation. The coroner has been notified and an investigation is underway. No missing boy report has been filed.
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Monette
Section Man Killed In Railway Cutting Incident
Obrad Vujcevic, an Austrian employed by La Grand section, was killed while cutting weeds along the right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. He was struck by the second section of Chicago passenger No. 12, one half mile west of Montour.
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Chicago and Northwestern
Obrad Vujcevic
la Grand
Chicago
Montour
Locates Wunaway Son and Ditch Suit Decision
Mia Luke Hughes of Sharon township found her 18 year old son Clarence on a farm in eastern Town after wide ads. Hancock County court Judge Clark ruled against Interstate Drainage Company Britt in a ditch case, granting farmers an injunction and blocking $6,000 bond issuance for final payment. Total project cost was $30,000.
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Wunaway Son
Mia
Luke Hughes
Sharon Township
Clarence
Hancock County
Clark
Interstate Drainage Company of
Britt
Mother Tries to Kill Four on Iowa Farm
Mrs Ollie Oliphant, 35, of a farm near Iowa City, fed arsenic and strychnine laced gum to three daughters under ten and gave arsenic milk to her 14 month old infant, who died. She then drank the same potion and attempted suicide. the surviving children, including two older girls, are recovering. Authorities cite domestic trouble as motive.
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Dion
Folwon
Ollie Oliphant
Iowa City
Olli Phant
Face Out of Shape Town Girl Paralyzed by Gum Habit
A Green high school student, unnamed by request, suffers facial paralysis from chewing gum. Her left mouth twitch worsened, drawing the mouth out of shape. Doctors fear permanent deformity and consider possible operation to restore normal appearance.
Farmer Shoots Himself Amid Arrest Warrant
James L Davis, a farmer four miles northwest of Knoxville, shot himself in the temple as deputies and a Des Moines detective approached with a warrant for forgery. He died instantly, ending pursuit to prevent arrest after a report of a forged check.
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James TL. Davin
James L. Davis
Knoxville
Cromikhite
Des Moines
Davis
Howre
Storm toll and local notices from Baldwin to Fort Dodge
A Baldwin Catholic church burned after a lightning strike. Clyde Spears died under slate fall. William Rodgers, 80, died at Mile July 4 after illness. Maude McCord seeks divorce in Muscatine. Robbery on Burlington train yielded $1100. Fred Luick and a Wright county tract yields fifty fifth crop. Bank of Corwith losers plan Supreme Court appeal. Wales barn burned. loss $2500, insurance $1600. Mechanicsville hog teams increase activity. Charlen Holly vindicated on disbarment charges. Fort Dodge Commercial Club plans a large July trade excursion. Atkinson lands $200,000 Fort Dodge hotel contract. DeTar files bankruptcy in Metinghla Mobili ties case.
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Baldwin
Clyde H. Spears
J. H. Spears
Phillipstown
William Rodgers
Mile
Maude McCord
Muscatina
Denver
F. C. Kirtland
Burlington
Ottumwa
Fred Luick
Wright County
Bank of Corwith
Supreme Court
James Wales
Foster
Mechanicsville
Charlen O. Holly
Polk County
Dunshee
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Fort Dodge Commercial Club
Iowa
CG. B. Atkinson
Webster City
Fort Dodge
Central Avenue
Tenth Street
George A. DeTar
Mon- Yor County
Monroe County
Taft Plans Westward Tour From Beverly to San Francisco
President Taft outlined a fall itinerary visiting cities across the West and Southwest including Seattle Denver Salt Lake Spokane Portland San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and Arizona New Mexico Texas and Louisiana stops with Diaz of Mexico at El Paso and a halt in New Orleans for the deep waterways congress The trip avoids Alaska due to Mrs Taft and travel schedules with multiple prominent stops and engagements across the region
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Alaska
Taft
Washington
Beverly
Seattle
Denver
Salt Lake
Spokane
Portland
Bourne
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Arizona
New Mexico
HI Paso
President Diaz
Mexico
San Antonio
Fort Sam Honster
Austin
Dallas
Charles P. Taft
Brownsville
Houston
New Orleans
Deep Waterways Congress
Bayou Teche
Louisiana
Jackson
Montgomery
Birmingham
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Wilmington
N. C
Richmond
Nebraska election law void shadows judiciary ballot system
Lincoln Superior Court declared the Donohoe nonpartisan judiciary election statute void. The ruling affirmed the district court and held that separate ballots for selecting state Supreme Court, district, university regents, county judges, and county superintendents cannot take place. The court struck the 1000 name petition rule limiting sources from a single county as hindering franchise and voided party convention endorsements for the affected offices.
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Lincoln
Neb
Donohoe Nonpartisan Judiciary
District Court
Supreme Court
State University
U. S. Vessels Gathered Off Cape Cod For Navy Maneuvers
A vast fleet totaling fifty four ships including fourteen battleships and cruisers lies near Province Town Massachusetts ready for month long maneuvers. Two divisions sailed out Monday morning while two more stay inside to continue the program.
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Cape Cod
Provincetown
Mass
Stars and Stripes
Floet
New Depot Movement Advances in Kana Sas City
City Council passes Union station ordinance and Mayor Crittenden signs it paving the way for a new passenger depot to replace the ramshackle eyesore that has troubled Kana sas City for years.
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Kanane City
Union Station
Crittenden
Kanasas City
Tariff Bill Changes Passed by Senate Details
The Senate bill revises many duties from the House version across oils, dyes, tar products, lumber, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, and beverages. Notable shifts include oils at 25 percent ad valorem, sugar at 10 percent, cocoa and chocolate reduced, and automobiles, paper, matches, gloves, stockings, and many food items repriced or shifted from free to taxed rates. Also raised are morphine salts, iron ore, wine, beer, and many agricultural products, with varied per pound or per gallon charges and ad valorem measures.
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Senate
Night Riders Terror Flares in Sleepy Hollow War Camp
In Sleepy Hollow Missouri fear grips farmers as armed households with rifles patrol fields and towns after Clyde Hatfield’s daylight killing tied to Night Riders. Hatfield had hinted at testimony to convict Riders as inditements surround Beatriz? Not exact. A major reclamation project in California’s Sacramento valley aims to control 4000 square miles of watershed.
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Clyde Hatfeld
Sleepy Hollow
Henry Herry
Berry
Hatfield
Sargent
Becramento Valley
California
Sacramento Valley
Mount Shasta
San Francisco Bay
Mountain Range
Snaking Thief Milks Delaware Cow Each Morning
John Bassett, a Delaware farmer, found his cow already milked for a week. A large black snake, fond of milk, hid near the cow and, at signal, slithered to the udder to drain the milk as Bassett slept nearby.
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John Bassett
Bassett
Bottle message sparks inland romance across rivers
A bottle tossed into the Wabash River at Terre Haute Ind by Minnie Calise of Jasonville Indiana and Homer Bradford of Cairo Illinois led to a romance. Bradford found the bottle in the Ohio River near Cairo months later, responded, exchanged photos, and visited Calise culminating in their engagement and forthcoming wedding.
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Saltor
Terre Haute
Ind
Mies Minnie Callse
Jansonville
Homer Bradford
Cairo
Til
Misa Cailsa
Bradford
Ohio River
Jasonville
Biss Calise
Farm Hands Earn Highest Wages This Year
Illinois farmers paid three dollars a day plus board to farm hands to save their corn crop from weeds. The contest was unprecedented and costly, with wages set by workers as the demand rose. Every available man was hired, and the hired man named the terms.
Farmers gain Grange momentum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The Grange reports rapid progress in Michigan with 33 local granges organized this year, totaling about 1,200 members in the Upper Peninsula. A Minnesota farmer unveils a claimed quack grain fix, sparking scientific scrutiny. spraying at $5 per acre could aid or hinder cultivation if proven. The Cheyenne River agency in South Dakota begins a major aid distribution to Indians, promising about $1,000 value per head or team, plus supplies and cash to start farming or cattle herds.
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Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Hennepin County
Minn
Cheyenne River
South Dakota
Trade outlook strengthens as Chicago shows rising activity
Sustained freight through banks and rising demand lift trade in Chicago. Heavy movement of iron, steel, mine and forest products plus growing factory outputs and merchandise shine, with lake traffic improving, rail earnings rising, and plans for Gary and Indiana Harbor expansions. Bank clearings reach 262 million, beating 1908 and 1907 weeks. Dun's Weekly notes 20 bankruptcies and mobility above previous weeks.
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Ceal
Chicape
Gary
Indiana Harbor
Wallures
Chicago
Aix
Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade
New York Trade Outlook Amid Weather and Tariff Talks
New York reports indicate improving future trade with steady buyer arrival in larger markets and encouraging cereal crop reports despite rains. Caution exists as cook or rainy weather slows retail trade in the central West and South, while wholesale orders slacken and high raw material prices squeeze profits. Weekly US business failures total 182, vs 213 prior week. Canada records 47. Bradstreet's notes mixed collections and unsettled country trade as tariff debates edge toward closure.
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New York
United States
Canada
Brad Atreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Major Markets
A compact table lists bids and price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and staple grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Toledo Cincinnati and New York. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and hay with multiple quality grades and No. 2 futures reflecting regional market dispersion.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Toledo
Cincinnati
New York
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